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Old 04-08-2020, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Way too small a sampling size----just the fact that Sumter County is 8% and the national average is like 2% makes it an outlier.

Only 1001 people tested in Sumter with 84 positive and 900 negative

So the death rate is 8% of 8% of those tested, = 0.64%. PLUS, many of those tested received the test because of symptoms, so the cohort was pre-selected. The rest were asymptomatic and part of the UF study.



Actually not too small. Of the cases in Sumter, 8% die. Not looking at tested or total population. I'm not comparing to national.
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